Developments in Armenia purposeful and consistent foreign policy-  expert 

ArmInfo. For what purpose and why are the ruling forces in Armenia attacking the Armenian Apostolic  Church? What tasks are they solving? Political scientist Karen Igityan asks these questions from his Facebook account. 

According to him, the person occupying the chair of the Chairman of  the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia is distracting  public attention from the issue concerning the attempt to settle  Armenia by "Ramilsafarovs" under the military-political protection of  Azerbaijan and Turkey, which is destructive for the Armenian state.  In order to implement this issue, steps are being taken to destroy  one of the few surviving national institutions - the Armenian  Apollinary Church. "It is noteworthy that the attack began  immediately after the speech of Pashazade (the religious leader of  Azerbaijan), which was also directed against Armenia and the AAC. By  the way, on the same day, Pashazade announced the creation of the  "Western Azerbaijan Qaziate", that is, Armenia. Thus, a place is  being cleared - remove the AAC, then remove the Armenians themselves,  for the benefit of the "Western Azerbaijan Qaziate". It is noteworthy  that the same style is visible here: Pashinyan wants to transfer the  Turkish model of control over the Armenian Church and the  Patriarchate of Constantinople to Armenia. There and exactly there  "the state has a decisive voice" in the choice of the patriarch.  Thus, Pashinyan returned to the agenda. For a politician with a  sharply reduced rating, this is important," the political scientist  emphasized.

In his opinion, the issue is not the prime minister's childhood, his  moral qualities, etc. "These are all important aspects that answer  the question "why", but it is important for us to understand "for  what". The symbols of Armenia and Armenians, which are hated by the  forces ruling in Turkey and Azerbaijan, and now in Armenia, have  either already been destroyed or are subjected to various other  attacks: Artsakh, the army, the Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian  history, Ararat, the coat of arms, the anthem, government and  military figures associated with the victory. Almost all of them were  attacked by the ruling party in the country. This is not an accident  or a coincidence, this is not illiteracy, this is a deliberate  policy," Karen Igityan believes.

It all started with a government meeting on May 29, at which RA Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan called Armenian churches a "closet",  instructing the head of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture  and Sports to deal with the situation, taking into account that  churches are state property. This statement did not please the  clergy, who issued a corresponding refutation, which caused another  outburst of anger from the head of the Armenian state, who launched  offensive statements against the AAC from his Facebook page.